This post is going to be a little different than anything I've written before, but I need to address this problem! The deer population h...

Last year was my first full year raising monarch butterflies. Since the 1970s the monarch butterfly population has been declining. As the on...

If you're anything like me then you can't stand to see the wild birds searching for food in the snow. I have several bird feeders an...

Many of you have already heard the story about the stinky rug spots from the cat issue. I did find a solution for that smell but along the ...

We currently have one rescue kitten left at our house and the Bengal is not very happy about it! First she peed in the kittens bed. Then she...

Most of us know to dress warmly, wear gloves and take other precautions when it's cold and snowing out. We especially know to make sure...

I recently found out that you should make your own hummingbird nectar instead of feeding the store bought red dyed hummingbird food. I had n...

The first time I saw these cat toys was at a craft show back in probably 2002. I was making a lot of my own natural bath & body products...

Gardens and chickens just seem to go together! Many people that have one also have the other and that's a great thing because they can h...

Do chickens have a place in your backyard or homestead? We have many chickens here and they each have a specific job. Some are pets and some...

It's been in the 80's here for the last few days and we're all hanging out in the air conditioning as much as possible. It's...

We were having dinner outside on the back patio tonight when we heard a small 'thump'. Something fluttered to the ground behind us a...

We truly do live in the middle of nowhere....we have bears! Our first evidence of bear activity was this photo taken with our trail cam. Hub...

I've had a first time mama sitting on some eggs for 3 weeks now. She's actually in the sale pen (go figure, right?) She's really...

I decided to prune my white Weeping Cherry tree this weekend. I'm probably a little late, however the ground is still frozen solid and i...

I'm having a bit of a conundrum here. I started this blog so I could post about everything I'm interested in, however I also have 2 ...

If you live anywhere near the woods and have a dog, then more than likely you've smelled the stench of skunk spray on your poor dogs fur...

I was in the pet store the other day and saw some pots of "cat grass". They were $4 each. I looked inside the pots and read the la...

I have a very sane reason for why I dressed the dog (this time! lol) It was cold out. Single digits, bone numbing cold. Actually, one night ...

I was at $5 Below this week and saw this dog shirt. I just had to get it for my dog! She's a Jack Russell Terror Terrier. Her name is A...